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revstacksteve.bsky.social • 7 hours ago

There is no way to 'not know' at least some of what's going on.
I don’t know anyone who isn’t wound up in some version of knots. For the majority of us stress has become constant. (2/9)

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revstacksteve.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Every news report, every opinion article, every thought about the state of affairs, political/social/environmental, and their implications is a gut punch that just adds to our general state of clenched. Living like this has a cumulative detrimental effect. (3/9)

revstacksteve.bsky.social•7 hours ago

So I’ve taken to setting a timer again as a way to offset and, in some cases, prevent the immediate effects of stress.
For anyone unfamiliar with the ‘timer exercise’, in a nut shell, you use an hour timer (your phone) to remind you once an hour to take a moment and do a quick body check (4/9)

revstacksteve.bsky.social•7 hours ago

ie “How am I breathing? Where am I tense?”, and then take a few proper deep breaths and do whatever 20 – 60 second movement/stretch will release some of the tension. We’re not talking complete relaxation, a change for the better is frequently all that’s needed. (5/9)

revstacksteve.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Here's the reason for the timer - most of us are completely unaware of how we're breathing or where we're holding tension until or unless they become uncomfortable. (6/9)

revstacksteve.bsky.social•7 hours ago

By taking a moment once an hour for a day to check how you’re breathing and where you’re tense you’ll create a more immediate and accurate recognition of physical sensations that are generally below your radar. This will result in a more targeted effective response. (7/9)

revstacksteve.bsky.social•7 hours ago

The real benefit of a once an hour 'body check' is that as little as 2 or 3 proper deep breaths and a bit of muscle tension release goes a looong way to countering the negative effects of sustained stress. (8/9)

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